We are all responsible for getting the nation on track

Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan won his congressional seat back in Wisconsin. I believe his next step in serving our country should be as chairman of the powerful Budget Committee, doing what he and Mr. Romney said they would do if elected: “reach across the aisle” to get our great country moving again.

Can you do that Mr. Ryan? You wanted to lead, now go lead! A country divided and bickering like kids in a sandbox can’t be united. Elected officials please put the common welfare of our country first, in order for the greatest number of us to have personal progress. Then our country can be restored. Can you set your politics aside for the good of the country?

Finally, if we want a better president, House and Senate we need to pray for the ones we have elected. But don’t just sit back and pray. God will do his part, we need to do our part as well. Get involved, send emails, and write letters to our elected officials. Let them know how we feel, and what we are going through.

As Goethe once said, “Man can only endure a certain degree of unhappiness; what is beyond that either annihilates him or passes by him and leaves him apathetic.”

Apathy will kill us all unless we act as responsible interested citizens of this great country.